Sanjay Sarma Rethinks the Professor’s Role

Bryce Vickmark
In five years, predicts Sanjay Sarma, MIT’s first director of digital learning, college instruction will look much different. "What we are trying to do is establish the thoughtful way it ought to occur."

By Jeffrey R. Young
April 10, 2016 Premium content for subscribers. Subscribe Today

S anjay Sarma argues that when it comes to technology, it’s easier to think big than to make small, incremental changes. So as the first-ever director of digital learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he’s aiming to change the...